New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-11-05

wlie no occupant OF the Supreme Court bench
has ever surpassed him in his grasp OF criminal
law and practice, obtained in the District
Attorneys office
Tie Mayor seems proud Of his appointment of
Mr. Myers ~ the Park Commissioncrshp Has he
ever investigated Mr.. Mverss record in connection
with masked halls and baccarat banks?
The patent Ealot-boxcs in Ncw-Jcrscy may
provc to be q coed thing; but there seems to be
great need in that State of method of
preventing frauds in primary elections. case in
point has just come to light in Camden. II is to
lie hoIcd that the guilty men will be brought
to justice without delay.
II is understood that lottery and policy dealers
all over the country looking with intense in
trrcst 20 the local campaign in Ncw-York. Gamblers
are freely betting that if Colonel Fellows should
be elected District-Attorncy. the branch Offices of
the louisiana Kentucky and other lotteries would
dot the city in few weeks after the opening OF
his term and that the number OF faro banks IN
broadway would soon equal the number Of ho'clS'
II might be well for Secretary Whitney to seek
the scclusion Of some quiet country retreat, where
J.. can rcrain his health. Ills physician has adj
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must fear that he is impcrlling his life by the
onxious consultations which in his cnfcebIed phys
cal condition he is daily holding with the Demo
cratic cadcrs in this city. What remarkably
opnortunc thing il is that the Secretary OF the
NAVY should be so overcome with physical debility
tba, he Is COMPELLED to desert his post of duty at
WASHINGTON i'm order TO have his system invigoratcd
and toned up by active participation in the piots
and schemes Of Maurice j. Power and his friends
in the local campaign.
| Is Mayor Hewitt playing poker. or what docs
he mean by saying that Colonel Fellows had
the call on the nomination y Had such phrase
dronpcd from the lips of his friend Colonel
Fellows. with his "simplc Christian life" it
would have been cmncntly Ineligible. But what
does Mr. Hewitt mean by itP
! Denis Shea the candidate for Coroner, worthily
! fills place on the strong ticket nominated by the
| Republicans. lie has been connected with the
Surrocatc's Office through the term Of Daniel Il.
Rollins and has shown himself honest and ELL
cent He is making an energetic canvass. Mr..
Shea is especially popular in the lower ana
central wards. but his zeal and faithiulncss have
madc him known and well liked among Rcpubli-
cans throughout the city. lie deserves and will
receive i large vote on election day.
| II the County Democracy wanted to thrust q
mere spcculator into the Controllers Office why
did not they select Henry 5. Ivcsf
The American Copyright League adopted reso-
lutions tie other day insisting upon upholding.
in the future as in the past, the copyright
principles pure and simple rs expressed in the
IInwlcy bill" There is only one obstacle to the
| adoption OF international copyrght-the demand
Of the English publishers. and their allies here.
that the tariff on books shall bc lowered and
the Inglisiman shall he allowed to come
into our markets ard compete here on equal or
nearly equal terms Every reasonable man believes
in protection 70 English authors, rs principle,
but only those persons who infected with
Free Trade notions believe in having it at the
expense Of the American printer.
Do the people Of Ncw-lork want "a dead beat
in the Dstrict-Attorncy's Office?
Which is the better preparation for usefulness
in the Controllers Office, service as Comforter oi
the Currency Of the United states fl ancial eN-
rcrcncc Of the broadcast and best sort. stainless
md upright life or days devoted TO wild spe@h-
lai.on I'm Wall Street. and nights given mp 70
gambling and 10 association At masked balls with
the lowest aud vilcst Of the dissipatcd elements
Of the city?
Every voter I'm the NIlth Senate District should
take pride and pleasure in doing all in his power
for the election Of Judge Robertson to the Senate"
lie is a man Of the sort that honors any legislative
BODY We have too few Of these in pubic lie.
DO not fail 10 elect Judge Robertson
II NAV fairly he expected that within n day
or two the Mayor will work himself mp 10 the
point 81 issuing "A manifesto in which he Will
ev,ol the simple Christian life.' purity ana
inability Of character OF Theodore w Myers. Such
a manifesto would cause broad grins among all the
haccarat and poker players, the rcquenters OF
masked balls and the FOUNDERS" OF this great
civ But their sides already sore with
lnuriltcr over the Mayors extraordinary tcSt-
monial to the virtues Of that uncanonzcd SAINT
Colonel John Il. Fellows.
Every one who knows anything about the City
Court knows that Ernest Hall has met all the
rcqnircmcntS Of his position and has earned tho
favor Of his fellow citizens for second term
Charles X IcNow will be "A fitting Associate for
Judge Hall on that bench
We earnestly recommend all active politicians
70 Sc that their digestive apparatus is in working
order and that they get their full amount of
sleep The disturbing effects OF dyspepsia were
disastrously excmplihcd in the case OF Napoleon
nj Icipsc and that Hewitt letter was evidently
the result Of the chronic insomnia TO which the
moral MAYOR is n martyr One shoulders To think
of whit he might accomplish if nightmare should
supcrycnc.
Can il be possible that the respectable citizens